Birthday Balloon Embossing!

Hello friends! This week started with a CPR Refresher Course, and a couple of meetings so my Monday making attempts weren’t very successful! I didn’t have this photo for last week’s post, but here’s Emily (from A wish for Emily) celebrating her birthday – the smile says it all!

My shop is lacking in birthday cards at the moment so I worked on creating a simple design that won’t be too fiddly to replicate (yes, they are puppets in the background!):

I started with this fun balloon embossing folder and experimented with coloured cardstock as well as embossing the pattern in landscape mode:

I settled on using white cardstock in portrait mode…

… and adding a pop of colour with the stamped greeting:

And here is the finished card with another colour 🙂

This time I’m matching the cards with Australian-made envelopes in Botany Natural, a kraft paper made from 100% recycled post-consumer waste. They have a beautiful, natural and rustic appearance 🙂

MEANWHILE … I was excited about making soup with my bargain pumpkin until I cut it open; zucchini soup instead!

Thanks so much for spending some time with me and I hope you have a wonderful rest of your week. 🙂 Megan xo